Between our check engine light coming on and having to pay a good amount of money to get it fixed and sicknesses between the boys and I.
The car one is hard especially if you move to a new place because now you have to figure out what place won't rip you off and will be kind and helpful. And being used to asking your dad to look at it to now not being able to.
One of my biggest fears is a car I'm driving breaking down and leaving me stranded somewhere with kids in the car with me. Doesn't matter even if it's not far from a store I would still probably break down in tears.
Anyways yesterday the check engine light came on again....the car hasn't started acting funny yet but will go get it checked again. Thankfully that part is free.
And the boys getting coughs and running noses and just not feeling well has been rough and then my ear decided to get a terrible ear infection out of know where. Usually I have a warning but this time i didn't. And if you've ever had a swimmers ear infection it's one of the most painful ear infections.
So taking care of sick boys and trying to heal myself was rough.
I was given a few blessings and prayed a lot. And it's been a week and they should be a lot better but they aren't 100% yet, so here are a few things I've learned.
1. The Lord will give us strengthen and patience when we need them. I'm not great with patience (a lot of people aren't) especially with my boys so being in pain doesn't help my patience with them. But I did have enough patience to make it through the day.
2. I was looking in the mirror and to any person I pass I probably look totally normal to them but I couldn't hear like an average person can hear. Which makes it hard to leave the house because I have to work harder to understand people if they decide to talk to me and listen for my kids at the same time. Which shows you that you truly never know what someone is struggling with because it's not always an outward thing.
3. Then of course husband's are pretty great, he couldn't take away my pain but giving me blessings helped a lot and just being there to help with the boys and being understanding
4. And I'm very grateful for my ears, having partial hearing lately really throws your whole body off and it can be frustrating not to hear well.
I'm going back to the doctor today because my ears should be back to normal but they aren't (but they are a lot better) so we will see what's up
And I will be checking the car so we will see what's up there.
Thankfully the boys have been sleeping fairly well these past few days. :) but there are changing we will be making in the next month that will bring a few sleepless nights probably.
We are slowing down formula and bottle feeding with Jackson to once a day and have introduced regular milk. Once that's going pretty well we will be taking the pacifier away, which he mainly only has for naps and bedtime but sometimes other times since we've had sicknesses. After that when he is sleeping fine without it....we will put him in Isaacs room..... so we will see how that goes. I'm excited and also not since the nights will be rough.
We are also being more strict on snacks and treats because as my husband reminded us treats are treats because it's a treat when you get one, not a daily thing. Lately I haven't been wanting candy or things like that much anyways which makes it easier to give it to the boys less anyways besides the still constant asking for it. He is getting better though and eats then meals better. :)
Yesterday was a really weird day, Isaac slept through the night but woke up in a whiny, sensitive, mean mood. He hurt Jackson a lot and cried over everything and wouldn't eat anything. I'm assuming he was just sick but put him down for a nap early and he didn't even cry about it and slept for two hours. But that evening was rough too. I feel bad because I wish I knew what he was feeling. Maybe just having a moment :(
Hopefully soon their cold symptoms will be gone, there is a cold going around that's been lasting weeks so someday we will all be 100% again. And we are hoping with us feeding them better they will get sick less.
Love my family and I'm so excited for the things we are teaching them and Isaac is showing a difference with the gospel even more in our home <3
Can't wait for all the fun celebrations coming up!
Halloween
Jackson turns 1
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Woot woot
Let me leave with part of a talk from Elder Oaks gave at this last conference:
In the Savior’s Atonement, He suffered “pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind.” As President Boyd K. Packer explained: “He had no debt to pay. He had committed no wrong. Nevertheless, an accumulation of all of the guilt, the grief and sorrow, the pain and humiliation, all of the mental, emotional, and physical torments known to man—He experienced them all.”1
Why did He suffer these mortal challenges “of every kind”? Alma explained, “And he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities” (Alma 7:12).
Christ knows how you feel during all those terrible pains or sicknesses you go through, and he did it so he would know how we felt and how to help us overcome. <3 I LOVE THAT!
